Northern Life
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A darker blue
My friend, Indigo, passed away yesterday afternoon in Kamloops. The world seems a lesser place today, bereft of an generous, inspiring, vivacious soul. The suddenness of it all seems to make it harder. Cancer is the disease that takes people slowly, creeps and withers them, not plucks them away in a week. Photos of her
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A deeper blue.
Some people seem so very full of life, that it is difficult to imagine them sick. Impossible to really. So the news of a friend's illness has hit me like a punch to the stomach. There probably isn't a northern blogger that hasn't been touched by Indigo. She's had a long friendship with most of
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Its that time of the year
The Sun is is shining on my laptop screen right now, which (through a rather convuluted process) made me realize that today is the Vernal Equinox. March Equinox if you prefer and don't want to be North Americancentric. Now while that doesn't mean that Spring has arrived here, far from it. It does mean that
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The coldest cut of all
Okay there are two things you need to do today. Well not just today but for the next 15 or 16 days or so. You see Air New Zealand is sponsoring a contest looking for the Coldest Canadian. Wait, don't go. I promise I'm not going to beg for votes for myself. I'm done with
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Dawning
The official opening of the new Airport in Arctic Bay happened yesterday. The Premier, the Minister of Economic Development and Transportation and other dignitaries flew in and had a short ceremony there. Then the main event, speeches, cultural entertainment and a country food feast took place at the Community Hall. Unfortunately I never made it
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Crescent Moon over King George
Well, I don't know if I can add anything apart from the title.
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The Sun, now with even more lens flare.
The Sun's return to Arctic Bay came on Saturday. I missed it. I'll confess some ambivalence, a tiny bit anyway. Which sounds strange given that we haven't seen it for thee months. But it was well after noon on Saturday when I thought about it. I looked out and saw that while it was still
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The Sun will come up tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar
The Sun just skimmed below the southern horizon today. A short hike up hill would have afforded a glimpse of it. But tomorrow, clear skies permitting, it will reveal itself after 3 months away. Today it was accompanied by a sundog just above the horizon. It was, unfortunately, gone by the time I got home,